The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-08-10
A LANo OF AoLIpAYe.
How English workingmon Epjoy Respite
from Tabor on Derby Day.

There AFRO not many holilays In Enr-
Iond Th,t 4, ,o GOV tl,n,., GRO rnt 90
NEW thoro > ,I,,,a ~ ua 90, :.
- 'e"''W
oriS'ieS III Il ny > DICE D"e .mere arc
some iioll"ay'' just INC same Inc Brit
ish hoidaN Is a great institution. 1t ena-
bles the horny handed sons of TOLL TO say
they will not do any work, and that il n
privilege which no English workingman
ever lets pass UNDECIDED. II the weather
il fine OF his holiday the English work
man goes ont into the country rolls
around ON tho grnss and rets drunk. If
it is rainy, he stays in the city and gets
drunk just the Same. Drink is the ono
solid standby OF the honest laboring man
over here.
Do YOU think there is money enough in
tho world to mako the average run of
people q or here really work ON Saturday
Afternoons or other holidays? l don't. at
any rate. | had "A shorthand writer
around here for IL couplc of DAVIS last
week. lie WIS all right till the holiday
struck in. and from that moment he was
as lost TO me as though he had fallen
overheard in midoccan with a 900 pound
shot at his heels. Offers OF extra Dav
had no weight ut all with him. and ho
was deaf alike to prayers, cntrcaties and
snccr1. lie wanted his holiday, and that
settled it. That is the way i, rims. all
along the line. A tailor promised mo q
suit of clothes last week. They didn't
come. but the tailor did. lie was full Of
APOLOGIZE; and garlic. lie told me could
not have my garments for several DAYS.
! asked him why not, and he responded
will, tears that it Was a race week, and
nothing on earth would induce tho mon
TO work. They had all gone to the races.
lie went on, aud they probably wouldn't
sober mp for at least three or four days TO
come.
This passion for racing In England Is
the most amazing thing ono comes in
contact with. At the Dorby thcre were
fully ~ hall million people. 1Nvo-thirds
Of thriN, ut least, were recruited from the
vcv? lowest class. | suppose at least
5000 mcn actually walkc,l from London
to E.mom and back, O round distance of
forty miles. in order to SEQ the racing, TO
which they had barely money enough TO
purchase an entrance. Around our coach
os il stool drawn UP beside the track
thcro wcro always half n dozen wretcl,cB
who scrambled on the ground for posses
sion of tho chicken bones recently thrown
aside by tho mCunbcrs of our party during
luncheon. The sight would havc stirred
OH" ~ I'i'S pNl loi III" lc4lSCtlOn tD0t II
tho lnN"ry FELLOWSHIP remained at home
GIL FED themselves on the fcw shilIings it
co"t them 10 800 the race, thcro would
no. lave ben the Hiighte5t necessity for
thorr woif like wrcstlc5 for bones and
scraps, What tho mining stock craZo
used TO lc in San Francisco, tho mania
for racing Is i'll England. Solutions,
COOKS, messenger boys, h~l carriers, and
everybody clao, OF high or low dogrco,
deny Themselves the comforts and III
many CAGES the necessities of life, in ordds
10 have "A fow shillinGs on their fnvOrites.
Coming homo from EPSON on Derby
day IL "n experience which m y usual
thnE one IL not apt TO forgot, That Is
"a" 4 dry ct all the year when tho
lower orier' axe permitted by tacit agree
mont to DO about what thoy hike to tho
upper orders. u consequence IL that
IL mem .nl women WHO WAX nlnl1O Z M